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Ryan Kappedal

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Principal Machine Learning Engineer | Tech Lead for Agent Evals at Scale AI
📍 Seattle, Washington, United States

Ryan is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Scale AI focusing on Agent Evals. A 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran with a Ph.D. and MBA, he previously led Generative AI data quality teams at Google and worked on AI for robotic surgery at Johnson & Johnson.

He has a deep passion for applying his expertise to diverse and challenging fields, having consulted in areas ranging from genetics and biology to seismology for nuclear nonproliferation. His military career provided him with extensive international experience, having served in several countries.

Unique fact: Ryan served for over 20 years in the United States Air Force, including as a professor of statistics and machine learning.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Principal Machine Learning Engineer | Tech Lead for Agent Evals
Job Level
Middle
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States
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AI Agent Evaluation
His current role at Scale AI is Tech Lead for Agent Evals. He frequently posts and speaks about the critical importance of evaluations for successful AI implementation.
GenAI Data Quality
He was the Data Quality Tech Lead for Generative AI at Google, where his team's work on synthetic data earned a Cloud Tech Impact Award.
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Career

Work history

5-2026
Principal Machine Learning Engineer | Tech Lead for Agent Evals
Scale AI
10-2025 - 5-2026
Senior Staff Tech Lead Manager
Google
1-2024 - 10-2025
Technical Lead Manager
Google
10-2023 - 1-2024
Staff Data Scientist
Google
9-2022 - 9-2023
Principal Data Scientist and MLOps Manager
Johnson & Johnson MedTech
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Education
2017 - 2019
Master of Business Administration - MBA
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
2011 - 2014
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Washington
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